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The United States contracted with Transatlantic Financing, the operator of a cargo ship, to transport wheat from Texas to Iran in 1956. The parties never agreed on the route the ship would take. Six d...
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The plaintiff, a U.S. citizen, entered into an employment contract with the German firm of Stumm Handel, the defendant. The contract was written entirely in German. Without being able to speak or read...
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Japan Airlines (JAL) is a Japanese air carrier based in Tokyo, with offices in California and Hawaii. The plaintiffs were employed by a Hawaiian company that contracted to perform services for JAL fli...
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During the Spanish-American War, the United States Navy seized two commercial fishing ships sailing from Havana. The unarmed ships were owned by a Spanish citizen living in Cuba and sailed under Spani...
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Alvarez, a Mexican physician, was wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for the torture and murder of one of its agents in Mexico in 1985. When Mexico would not extradite Alvarez, the agency empl...
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Campbell, an Australian citizen, was employed in the construction of health care facilities and schools in Afghanistan. The projects were funded by a U.S. government agency that extends financial and...
See AnswerQ: This case illustrates a classic case of the conflict between Islamic law
This case illustrates a classic case of the conflict between Islamic law and modern business. In 1991, the Federal Shariah Court of Pakistan declared the payment of interest (riba) by banks on loans a...
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Alberto-Culver Co., a Delaware corporation with its principal office in Illinois, manufactured toiletries and hair products in the United States and abroad. In February 1969, Alberto-Culver signed a c...
See AnswerQ: Ernesto Ortiz, famed American corporate raider, initiates a hostile takeover
Ernesto Ortiz, famed American corporate raider, initiates a hostile takeover of Bundesbank Freidumia (BF), the largest commercial bank in Freidumia. In purchasing 70 percent of BF’s shares, Ortiz pays...
See AnswerQ: Asahi Metal Industry, a Japanese corporation, manufactured valve assemblies in
Asahi Metal Industry, a Japanese corporation, manufactured valve assemblies in Japan and sold them to tire manufacturers including Cheng Shin (a Taiwanese corporation) from 1978 to 1982. Cheng Shin so...
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